lou: well joining us now to analyze the obama administration's shifting contradictory statements about benghazi and development in middle east, cease fear, and the thought of the looming fiscal cliff, author of the amateur, a book on the inside of the obama administration,d klein. veteran political consultant, and strategist hank shin and goo have y here. starting with you, idea has kit rip just reported that thanksgiving eve, ambassador rice makes herself available to the press, what is she doing? >> trying to get it back, from intelligence services. always the bottom less hole no one can find the answer to, then she'll run away from that as well. lou: it appears, she is trying to maintain or standing as nominee are in hillary clinton's job. >> throw the 30 som dirt someple else. , because what they are saying is we want her. lou: do you think they are pushing through despite all of the warnings? >> i do, i think that susan rice does not appear before the press, without barack obama and valerie jarrett saying, go ahead and do that. we want you to do that. and reason they want her to d